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Mapped: when a country calls you resident, 2026

Key figures

  • 22 of the 36 countries on the board that tax income count 183 days.
  • 4 count months of stay, 5 use another count and 5 set no day count.
  • 11 levy no personal income tax at all.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Mapped: when a country calls you resident, 2026, patrician.ch/visuals/mapped-tax-residence-days-2026/, October 2026.

World map of tax residence day tests by country on the board: 183 days, 6 months, fewer days, no day count, or no income tax.
Source: Patrician.ch, tax residence tests by country, each with its legal source. As of 22 Oct 2026. Free to share unchanged, with credit to patrician.ch.

The 183 day rule is 1 test among several, and countries measure it differently: in the calendar year, the tax year, any 12 months or over 3 years. The map colors each country and territory on the board by the day test it publishes.

22 count 183 days. 4 count months of stay, 5 use another count, and 5 set no day count at all and look at a home, family or economic ties. 11 levy no personal income tax.

A home or a family makes a person resident in most of them with far fewer days. The answer page quotes each test with its legal source.

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CountryThe day test
AndorraMore than 183 days in the calendar year. Short absences count as presence unless tax residence elsewhere is shown.
ArgentinaNo day count. A foreign national becomes resident after 12 months of presence.
AustraliaMore than half the income year, the "183 day test", unless the usual place of abode is abroad and there is no intention to take up residence.
AustriaA stay of more than 6 months. Liability then reaches back over the first 6 months.
BarbadosMore than 182 days in the income year.
CroatiaA stay of at least 183 days in 1 or 2 calendar years.
CyprusMore than 183 days in the calendar year. Or 60 days, with ties to Cyprus and no more than 183 days in any other single country.
Czech Republic183 days or more in the calendar year.
Dominican RepublicMore than 182 days in the fiscal year, in a row or not.
FranceNone in the statute. Official guidance treats a stay of more than 6 months in a year as the principal place of stay in most cases.
GermanyA continuous stay of more than 6 months, counted from its first day. Short breaks are ignored. A stay of up to 1 year purely for visits, recreation or a cure does not count.
GibraltarAt least 183 days in a year of assessment, or more than 300 days over 3 consecutive years.
GreeceMore than 183 days in any 12 months. Residence then starts on the first day of presence.
Hong KongMore than 180 days in a year of assessment, or more than 300 days in 2 consecutive years.
IndonesiaMore than 183 days within 12 months.
IsraelA presumption, not a fixed rule: 183 days or more in the tax year, or 30 days or more in the tax year and 425 days or more over that year and the 2 before it. Part of a day counts as a day.
ItalyPhysical presence for most of the tax period: 183 days or more, 184 in a leap year. Fractions of a day count.
JapanNo day count. A residence held without a break for 1 year or more.
JerseyNo fixed day count. Visits that average more than 90 nights a year over 4 years make a person resident from year 5.
LiechtensteinA stay of more than 6 months.
LuxembourgA stay of more than 6 months.
MaltaMore than 183 days in a year, by the guidance of the tax authority.
MexicoNone.
MontenegroMore than 183 days in the tax year.
New ZealandMore than 183 days in any 12 months. Residence ends after more than 325 days away in any 12 months with no permanent place of abode in New Zealand.
PanamaMore than 183 days, in a row or not, in the fiscal year or the year before it.
PortugalMore than 183 days, in a row or not, in any 12 months that start or end in the year.
Puerto RicoFor the US federal test of bona fide residence: at least 183 days in Puerto Rico in the tax year, or 1 of 4 other presence tests.
Singapore183 days or more, present or employed in Singapore, in the calendar year before the year of assessment.
SpainMore than 183 days in the calendar year.
Switzerland30 days with gainful activity, or 90 days without. Short breaks are ignored, and the days are not tied to a calendar year.
Thailand180 days or more in the tax year, over 1 stay or several.
United Arab Emirates183 days or more within 12 consecutive months. Or 90 days or more for a UAE or GCC national or a residence permit holder with a permanent home, a job or a business in the UAE.
United Kingdom183 or more days in the tax year.
United StatesThe substantial presence test: 31 days in the year and 183 days over 3 years, counting 1/3 of the days in the year before and 1/6 of the days in the year before that.
UruguayMore than 183 days in the calendar year.
Antigua and BarbudaEmployment income has not been subject to income tax since 1 July 2016. The Income Tax Act still defines a resident: a permanent home in Antigua and Barbuda with some presence in the year, 183 days or more of presence, a shorter stay that runs on from or into a year of 183 days or more, or 30 days or more for the holder of a permanent resident certificate.
BahamasNo direct taxation laws, and so no domestic provision that defines tax residence or sets criteria for it.
St Kitts and NevisIncome tax on individuals was abolished in 1980. The tax residence guidance of the Inland Revenue Department covers companies.
AnguillaA tax residence certificate under the Economic Residence Act: at least 45 days in Anguilla each calendar year, fewer than 183 days in any other country, an annual lump sum tax of US$75,000 and approved property of US$400,000 or more.
BermudaNo income tax on individuals. The note Bermuda gave the OECD sets out no tax residence test for a person.
British Virgin IslandsNo income tax is levied. The territory levies payroll tax, property taxes and stamp duty.
Cayman IslandsNo direct taxes, and no provision of Cayman law that defines tax residence.
French PolynesiaNo general income tax on individuals. The tax office issues no tax residence certificate, only an attestation that a person is registered for the taxes it manages.
MonacoNo income tax on residents, except French nationals under the 1963 convention with France. A residence certificate for tax purposes goes to a permit holder who meets 1 or more of 3 conditions: more than 183 days in Monaco, a principal place of business in Monaco, or the majority of the year spent in Monaco.
St BarthsTax domicile in St Barths starts only after 5 years of residence. For the first 5 years a new resident is taxed as a French resident.
Turks and CaicosNo direct taxation laws, and no provision of local law that defines tax residence.

Source: Patrician.ch, tax residence tests by country, each with its legal source. As of 22 Oct 2026. The page behind every figure: patrician.ch/answers/tax-residence-tests-by-country/.

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